Decision Making Skills Are Important

Children learn how to make decisions. You can guide them with a key set of questions to ask when faced with a choice:

• What am I trying to decide and what do I know about it?
• How do I know my information is accurate? Who gave me the information?
• What more do I need to know before going ahead?
• Who has the added information I need?

And once the decision is made, ask these questions:

• What are the good effects of this decision?
• What are the bad effects?

After this, you can ask your child to reconsider a decision and take responsibility for the consequences.